"Sir, are you saying that the third prince is planning to usurp the throne?" Tang Yun was surprised.
Li Qi nodded: "The news I got from Lu Xiuying should be like this."
"What about the prince's side?" Tang Yun asked.
Li Qidao: "It's hard to say yet. What Lu Xiuying means is that the reason why the Emperor of Great Xia went to the Snow Country this time was because of the advice of the third prince. And the third prince and the Emperor of the Snow Country seem to have reached some kind of agreement."
"What agreement?" Tang Yun asked.
Li Qi pursed his lips and said, "Defeated..."
"Defeated?"
"Yes, what the Third Prince means is that if this expedition to the Snow Country ends in defeat, the morale and popular sentiment of the people in Great Xia will drop, and it will be easier for the Third Prince to operate in the capital." Li Qi said.
"That envoy Qin Kewei is also the third prince?" Tang Yun asked.
"This is not clear yet, but I think it is impossible for Qin Kewei to be the third prince."
Li Qi thought for a while and said: "It's useless to talk about this now. If you want to know the specific situation, you should go back to Beijing."
"Son, are we going back to Beijing?"
Li Qi smiled and said, "Don't worry, let me see how the third prince's play went."
Within a few days, Huang Jin left the Snow Capital, and Li Qi naturally did not go with him.
The battle between Snow Kingdom and Daxia also kicked off on the fifth day after Huang Jin left.
Although the wars in the cold weapon era did not have the ability to destroy the world, but after a few battles, it can be said that all lives were destroyed.
Various injuries and illnesses can be seen almost every day in Xuedu. Even the shops selling paper money have been doing extremely well recently.
Although the city was not affected at all, every detail informed people of the cruelty of the war.
Li Qi was sitting in the house, warming the stove and cooking hot pot.
Tang Yun and Wei Xinshan accompanied him, one was responsible for putting meat into the pot, and the other was responsible for feeding Li Qi fruits.
After a while, Wei Gang ran in and handed Li Qi a letter: "Sir, today's battle report."
Li Qi took the letter and read it.
After reading it, he smacked his lips and said, "You won again? How many battles has this been?"
"The fifth battle." Tang Yun replied.
"It seems that the Snow Country's army is quite powerful. They have won five out of five battles." Li Qi stuffed the letter into the stove and burned it.
This battle report was not given to him by others, but he asked Wei Gang to spend money to buy it.
Wei Gang bribed a school captain from Snow Country to send back battle reports from the front line every day.
Li Qi didn't want any formations or passes, he just wanted to know the results.
In the past few days, Daxia has been losing ground.
Li Qi naturally knew very well that the contribution of the third prince must be indispensable.
But what he couldn't figure out was how could Liang Fuhui of the Xuanyuan Army be on an equal footing with Yu Boyi, the number one general in Daxia?
In terms of rank, Yu Boyi is a first-class man. To put it bluntly, he is the number one person in Daxia who has a large number of troops.
And what about Liang Fuhui? He is just a soldier under the third prince.
If you want to influence the situation of the battle, you must be a commander.
Judging from the information Li Qi obtained, if the third prince wanted to be defeated on purpose, Liang Fuhui would have no choice but to interfere.
But if Yu Boyi couldn't handle it, Liang Fuhui had nothing to do.
Is it possible that Yu Boyi is also a member of the third prince?
Thinking of this, Li Qi felt it was impossible.
If that were the case, what else would the third prince be doing with all his efforts? Wouldn't it be enough to just force him to the throne?
Therefore, Li Qi's analysis results are roughly as follows.
Yu Boyi only obeyed the emperor's orders, but Liang Fuhui had a secret edict. This secret edict was the key for Liang Fuhui to check and balance Yu Boyi.
As for the content of the secret decree, Li Qi didn't know, but judging from the current situation, it could only be this.
The war lasted for nearly a month, and although the Snow Country had more victories than defeats, it could not help but continue to be exhausted.
That day, Li Qi was still sleeping soundly, so Lu Xiuying sent someone to find him, saying that he wanted to let him join the army in the war.
Li Qi was a little confused and only understood the situation when he saw Lu Xiuying.
It turns out that the Emperor of the Snow Country planned to use a trebuchet, but for this new gadget, it had been built and used, but no one was sure about using it on the battlefield.
So the Emperor of the Snow Country handed the trebuchet to Lu Xiuying and asked her to take command on the battlefield.
As a national teacher, Lu Xiuying had little experience, so she naturally had no choice but to call Li Qi over.
"Does the Imperial Master want me to go to war?" Li Qi rubbed his sleepy eyes and looked at her in disbelief.
Lu Xiuying smiled and said: "It's not really a war, I just want to have an extra layer of insurance. After all, Master Li invented this trebuchet. If something goes wrong on the scene, I only need Master Li to give me some advice."
Li Qi took a deep breath, looked at her and said: "Master, you have to understand that I have to go back to Kyoto to help you do things. If you let me go to the battlefield now, if my identity is exposed, I will return to Kyoto in the future.
There is only one way to die."
"Don't worry, Mr. Li, your identity will never be exposed, and you don't need to go to the battlefield." Lu Xiuying said.
Li Qi still felt a little uneasy, but looking at Lu Xiuying's expression, it was basically impossible for him to refuse this request.
"When will we set off?" Li Qi asked.
"Tonight." Lu Xiuying said.
"Can I take someone with me?"
"Of course, Mr. Li can bring his own bodyguard."
"Okay." Li Qi nodded and said, "But let me tell you first, it is impossible for me to show up in public, so I will follow you. I need to disguise myself."
"Just follow Mr. Li's pleasure." Lu Xiuying said with a smile.
…
At night, Haishi.
Li Qi took Tang Yun and Wei Gang into a carriage, while Wei Xinshan stayed behind.
It's not that Li Qi doesn't want to take her there, but he wants to keep Wei Xinshan in the city so that if anything happens, she can still take care of him.
After the carriage left the city with the customs clearance documents, Li Qi and his party arrived at the army camp of Snow Country.
Under the guidance of Lu Xiuying's people, everyone infiltrated into a transportation team.
The weather in the Snow Country is already cold, and it gets even more freezing at night.
Even though Li Qi was sitting in the carriage and wearing a down jacket, he couldn't resist the bursts of cold air.
After marching all night, everyone arrived at the front line at dawn.
Before Li Qi could see what the situation was like on the front line, he was placed in a tent in the military camp.
"Everyone, please wait a moment, the Imperial Master will be here in a moment."
The person who brought Li Qi and his party said something, turned around and left without staying any longer.
Looking at the simple military tent, Li Qi found a seat and sat down: "Monk, go see if there is anything to eat and bring some food over."